Ice creeper



June 22 1926. 1,589,877

. R. B. FOLEY ICE CREEPER Filed June 1925 x? 6: INVENTOR Roefi B. 01W BY ATTORNEY Patented Jane (Liza,

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ICE CREEIEER.

Application filed June 22, 1925- This invention relates to ice creepers, and more particularly to an ice creeper adapted to be detachably worn on the forward part of a shoe to permit the wearer to wall; over the ice or other slippery surface, without danger o'l falling.

One object of the invention is to provide an ice creeper ol' the above nature which will he adjustable to lit shoes 01'' various sizes.

A further object is to provide a device 01 the above nature which may be quickly and easily attached to and detached {rem a shoe.

A further object is to provide a device of the above nature which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to mannl aeturc, easy to manipulate, and very ethcient and durable in use.

lVith these and. other objects in view, there has been illustrated on the accompany ing drawings one form in which the invention may be conveniently embodied in practice.

Fig. 1 represents a top plan vlew of an ice creeper embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of the same, with parts broken away, showing the ice creeper in position ready to be clamped under a shoe sole.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional. view of the ice creeper taken along the line of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4; is a perspective view of the locl inestrip together with the clamping cam pivoted at one end thereof.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the body plate adapted to support the clamping members and locking strip.

Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views of the left hand and right hand clamping menr hers, respectively.

Referring now to the drawings in which ilre reference numerals denote correspondng parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 indicates a shoe having a sole 11. adapted to be engaged by a pair ot clampingmembers 12 and 13. The clamping members have their ends bent upwardly and inwardly to form jaws 1 1 and 15 respectively for engagement with the sides of the sole 11.

The jaw 14 is provided with a slot 16 adapted to form a guide for a locking strip 17, said locking strip 17 having two sets of oppositely disposed teeth 18 and 19, near one end thereof. The other end of said Serial No. 38,708.

locking strip has a cam member 19 pivoted thereto by a rivet 20, said cam member be ing preferably formed from a blank of thin sheet metal bent to form parallel upper and lower cam faces 21 which are adapted to lie above and below said locking strip. The tree end 22 ot the cam member 19 is U- shaped in cross section and serves as a han dle, by means of which the cam member may be conveniently manipulated.

in order to form a rigid support for the clamping members 2 and 13 and the locle ingr strip 17, provision is made of a body member 533, said body member comprising an elongated strip of sheet metal. The lirody member E33 adapted to be held in guiding flanges ant termed by bend ing the sides of the :lamping members up wardly and inwardly. The interior side edges ot said clamping); members have oppositely disposed serrated sections 26 and 21' adapted to engage the sets of teeth 18 and 19 of the locking strip 17.

A series of ice engaging members or nails 28 are adapted to project from the bottom of the clamping; members 12 and 13, said members 28 being formed in the shape of inverted square pyramids and having bases titted within square beveled apertures 29 in the bottom. of said clamping members.

The ice-engaging members 28 have sharp points which will be forced into the surface oi' the ice or other slippery surface under the weight 01 the wearer.

In operation, when it is desired to a. semble the device, the series of pyramid shaped ice-engaging members 28 will be first inserted with their points downward into the apertures of the clamping members 12 and 1-3. The clamping members will then be clipped over the body member from the opposite ends thereof until they assume the positions shown in 1. The locking strip 17 will next be inserted through the slot 16, and the ice creeper will then be placed under the shoe upon which it is to be attached. After the locking strip 17 has been adjusted with relation to the clamping members 13 until the jaws lt and 15 have come into contact with the sole of the shoe, the operator will rotate the clamping member 19 about its axis by means of the handle 22 from the position shown in full lines of Fig. 1 to the dotted line position in said figure.

In practice, the body member will prefer said cam member having a handle ably be made of sheet metal haying sutliciei t flexibility to permit it to conform to the surtace upon which the wearer is Walking, hereby a firmer and surer footing on the ground will be obtained.

\Vhile there has been disclosed in this sgecih'cation one term in which the inver tion may be embodied, it is to be'understood that this form is shown for the purpose of lllust 'ation only, and that the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosure but may be modified and emiiiodied in rarious other i rnis Without depaiiingfrom it spirit. In short, the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments comin Within the scope oi the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, What is clain'ied as new, and for which it is doe-red to secure Letters Patent is:

1. In an ice cree ier. a body member. a pair otshoe-sole chirping; members slideble on said bod member, and a locking strip for locking seid clen'ipiim members tightly engaged upon said shoe-sole.

9.. in an ice creeper, a body member, a pair of shoe clamping members i 1 thereon, a lot-hin to one of said clamping: member member pivoted to said i ga'g eable with the other clamping c wnereby it may be manually swung from "m locked to loci-ted position.

3. In an ice creeper, a body member, a pair 01" shoe clamping memlers slidable thereon, a locking;- strip adjustably secured to one said clamping i'nen'iliiers, and a cam meml'icr ecccntrically pivoted to said locking-r strip and cngag csiblc rith the other clampiru; nenil'ier, said cam member having a handle section whereby it may be manually swung from unlocked to locked. posi- 'tiou.

4. In an ice creeper, a bony nembor, a pair of shoe clamping members slidable thereon, a locking: s fpadjustablysecuredtotheii clamping: member" and passing; through the second clamping member, and a cam member pivoted to said locking strip anal conetructed and arra the second cieu'iping member. said cam memberhaying e. lnzndlefection whereby. it may be manually airline; to locked position.

' In an ice creeper, a body member. a pair of shoe chmpiircg members slidable thereon, icc-ene re; menus projecting tron said shoe (damping; member. and held in 'placeby said body mcmlier, and means for locking said clamping members in engagement with the sole of a shoe.

slmeclaa o '2 Lessee-7'7 G. In, an ice creeper, a body member, a pair ot rhoe clamping members slidable thereon, iceeug'agiug nails projecting from said shoe clampingn'ieinbers and held in place by said body member, and means for locking said clamping members in engagement *ith the sole of a shoe.

7. In an ice creeper, a body member. a pair of shoe el'in'iping ll'lQlTli'LlFl slidahle thereon, icecngzu;ing pointed square nails projecting); from said shoe clamping mem bers and he d in place by said body member, and means ror locking said clamping; members in on moment rith a shoe-sole.

S. In an ice creeper, a body meinb. pair of shoe chunp' ers' adjusmounted thereon, c, clamping 1101.} here baring; rd jaws ior engaging it re op- -sole, the sides oi having; ,fdm men'ibcr, and ice-car from the bottom nd held in er, a

, body member.

In ice creepe a bod, member, a

pair of shoe clan ing mem sliijlable t hereon, s ch of said shoe clamping; meu'ibers 1 sides bent orcr to 't'ormguiding :t'or said body member, the guiding I t one of ,id clampingmembers "mg opncsitely disposed notches, a looking strip r ting upon said body member he twen said notchei; edges strip hava phualityo't oppositely dis osed teeth ntcf 1 said notches, whereby said shoe clamping); members may be relatively adjusted to tie various sizes of shoes.

10. In an ice creeper, a body member, a pair oil shoe clamping); members slidahle thereon, each oi said shoe clamping memhers hay sides bent orer to form guida pluralitr of oppositely disposed teeth lit ting said notches. whereby said shoe clamp- 111,9; mem ers-1 may be rclaircly adjustcq to tit iariour: sizes of shoes. and a cam member pii'otsd to said locking stripiat a point outside the tree jlifle-tiiiil'ipiHQ nutinl'icr. said cam iueuiluir being construe-10d, and arranged to swing: about its pirot to engage said i rcc- L iug member, u'hcreby said clampiue' members will be iorcen into locking cn- 'ient with the sole of a shoe. In testimony whereof, I have aili'xcd my signature to this specification.

HUBER? i3. FOLEY. 

